William Boos

Background

About William Boos

I teach and run a research group at UC Berkeley, where my work centers on atmospheric dynamics — I work to understand how atmospheric circulations, ocean interactions, radiative transfer, and land surface processes control the distributions of heat and water on Earth. One major focus has been monsoons, which are continental-scale atmospheric circulations that deliver water to billions of people in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and northern Australia. My group also studies extreme weather phenomena, seeking to understand how fluid dynamics and thermodynamics govern the behavior of atmospheric vortices, heat waves, and intense precipitation. I run a career seminar for undergraduate and graduate (MA and PhD) students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Berkeley, and I encourage employers, alumni, potential mentors, and others to reach out to me if they want to connect with current students. I also serve as an Editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, and a Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.